"ملف ١/٦ I الطيران - الخطوط الجوية الإمبراطورية" [و‎‎٣‎٥] (٤١٦/٨٤)

it ia certain , and lie is supported in his belief by His
Excellency the Shaikh, the representatives of the /nglo-Persian
Dil Company Limited in Kuwait and the Eastern and General
Syndicate Limited as well as the principal merchants of the
town, that if mails could also be picked up at Kuwait, that is
to say if the Mail /eroplane could see its way to land and both
deliver and pick up mails, then the weight of the weekly out
going and incoming mail would, reach 20 lbs,, without any
difficulty.
4. Colonel Dickson is of opinion that the main profit
to the Company if the air mail was to land at Kuwait would not
come from the carrying of the mails so much as from passenger
traffic, which he anticipates would be considerable between
Kuwait, Basrah and Bahrain, provided landing is made a regular
feature, and not cr. previous notice of 48 hours being given,
as is the present arrangement.
X am sending a eopy of this letter to His Majesty^
Secretary of State for India.
I have the honour t o be
Sir
Your most obedient serv&nt,
sd/- T.C.Fowle
Lt.-Colonel
Political Resident in the lersian GulC,
Copy forwarded to the Political Agent, Kuwait
for information
By Order
Confidential Assistant.